Clasp or link



..P. W. DOHER'TY. Clasp or Link.

No. 226,725. Patentd April'20,18.80.

N.PETERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON n u UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK W. DOHERTY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLASP OR LINK.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 226,725, dated April20, 1880.

Application filed December 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK W. DOHERTY, of Boston, in the county ofSufi'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improved Clasp or Link, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This'improved clasp or link is composed of a strip of sheet metalhaw-'ing two loops formed therein by'bending said strip back uponitself, so that its ends will lie against opposite sides of its middleor body portion, and a movable band embracing said middle and bentbackend portions and holding them together, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved clasp or link isillustrated, Figure 1 being a central vertical section of a, fixedwash-bowl having two clasps or links of my improved construction, theone connecting a chain at one end to the stopper of the wastepipe, andthe other connecting the same chain at the other end to an .eye of afaucet-standard, Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section of the improvedclasp shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side view, and Fig. 4 a cross-sectionon line a: m, Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A represents a clap or link of my improvedconstruction. This clasp or link is made of a strip of sheet metal bentto form two loops, 1) b and to bring its portions 0 0 beyond such loopsto and against its portion d, which is between the two loops. One endportion, 0, lies against the one side, and the other end portion. 0against the other side, of-the middle portion, (1. The end portion 0 isbent upward and overlaps in part the loop I), and it has a hole,f, whichhole extends through it and also through the middle portion, d, and isopposite to a tongue-piece, g, in the end portion 0.

It is a band which encircles the combined .thickness of the endportions, 0 c and middle portion 0 the loop b is free to be opened, andby then further sliding it (the band It) between the end portion 0 andmiddle portion, 6', and off of the end portion a", the other loop, If,is free to be opened. adapted to be attached to a ring, eye, &c., whichbeing done the loops are closed against their escape by properly movingthe slide or band until it is brought over the three thicknesses, when,throwing out the tongue-piece g, the slide h, by it and the loop I), issecured against movement.

Again, under the construction above described, each leg or end portion,0 0 of the clasp is held from being pulled through the slide, the one,0, because of the projecting tongue-piece g, and the other, 0 because ofits bent-up portion partially overlapping the loop b. Each end portion,0 0 may be bent over and about the clasp or slide-band h, and thussecure the slide against movement and the end portions, 0 0 from beingpulled through under strains upon the loops.

in all cases the portions of the strip which lie against each other areattached together by means which permit the loop or loops formed bybending the metal strip to be readily opened, so that a ring, eye,chain, 850., may be readily connected and disconnected, and all in amanner that when attached together they are secure against accidentaldetachment or strain upon them or the loop or loops, as the case may be,made by bending the metal strips.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-- A slide or link composed of a strip of sheet metal,having loops 1) 1) formed therein by bending the strip back upon itself,and the ends of said strip laid against opposite sides of the middleportion, d, of the same between said loops, and the movable band It,encircling the body or middle and bent-back portions and holding themtogether, substantially as described.

P. 'W. DOHEBTY.

Witnesses: I

W. S. BELLoWs, EDWIN W. BROWN.

Thus each loop'is

